Pulllman's Palace Car Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE ■EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURL This was a suit iu equity brought by Pullman’s Palace■ Car Company to enjoin the Missouri Pacific Railway Company and the St: Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company from discontinuingthe use of the drawing-room cars and sleeping cars of the.
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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE ■EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURL This was a suit iu equity brought by Pullman’s Palace■ Car Company to enjoin the Missouri Pacific Railway Company and the St: Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company from discontinuingthe use of the drawing-room cars and sleeping cars of the. Pullman "Company on-the line of the St." Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Company; from refusing to haul' such cars on passenger trains running on such line; and from contracting with any other person for supplying like cars for that use. The court below…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
After stating the facts in the language reported above, he continued :
The main questions involved in the merits of this casé are, 1, whether the contract betwfeen the Missouri Pacific and Pullman Companies, made, before the consolidation, binds the consolidated company to haul the Pullman cars over the road of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Company, if that road is controlled by the consolidated company within the meaning of the contract; and, 2, whether it is so controlled by the consolidated company.
The present Missouri Pacific Company, is a-different corporation from that which…
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